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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Wii Fit calls young girl overweight, girl is devastated - I blame Wii Fit!

kenzomatic on 06 May 2008

My gosh. "the device told me to stab myself 10 times so I did"

Even though its probably correct I don't know why you would get upset as parent. Do your job and stop expecting others to do it for you.

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davidwes on 06 May 2008
largedarryl said:

Well I followed the links back to the parents post. She says that her daughter is 4'9" and weighs 92 lbs.


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589


I'm not too sure if my assumption is correct, but for an active 10 year old girl, that weight sounds very high. Can anybody else confirm this, or am I way off base here.

 


Those are stats of most of my 20 year old friends all of which are very fit and skinny. But then again they are 20 and this girl is 10 ....



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Nintendo Zealot on 06 May 2008
famousringo said:
PooperScooper said:
Thats what I was thinking stof. Biased parents man. Or maybe her parents are whales and the kid is healthy comparably to them

Or she's very active and has more muscle than most girls her age. Or she's short and stocky.

BMI is a quick-and-dirty measurement of healthy weight. Its main feature is convenience and simplicity, not accuracy. All of this is fine... until people start to take it too seriously.


How many overly muscular 10 year old girls do you know? I say she is fat. 



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SaviorX on 06 May 2008

If her parents wouldn't "grow some" and tell she need to exercise a little bit, the WII would. And they say the Wii isn't hardcore.......



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ssj12 on 06 May 2008

Well looks like Nintendo is going to get a lawsuit out of this.

 

Frankly BMI ratings fail 40% of the time. I'm classified as overweight yet there isnt an once of fat on me.



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HappySqurriel on 06 May 2008

Somethings wrong with their claim, if the girl was 4 foot 9 inches and 92 pounds her BMI would be 19.9 which is in the normal range; at 4 foot 9 you would have to be 115.5 pounds before you hit the overweight range.



luinil on 06 May 2008
HappySqurriel said:
Somethings wrong with their claim, if the girl was 4 foot 9 inches and 92 pounds her BMI would be 19.9 which is in the normal range; at 4 foot 9 you would have to be 115.5 pounds before you hit the overweight range.

 Maybe she was 192 pounds and not just 92 pounds... >.<



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SaviorX on 06 May 2008
largedarryl said:

Well I followed the links back to the parents post. She says that her daughter is 4'9" and weighs 92 lbs.


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=24943589


I'm not too sure if my assumption is correct, but for an active 10 year old girl, that weight sounds very high. Can anybody else confirm this, or am I way off base here.

 


My sister is like 4'9, 70 lbs. That girl would be straight at around 77-83 lbs. 92 is a tad high. I got problems GAINING weight, and it seems to me nobody wants to help me gain weight cuz Nintendo's trying to make people lose it. I BLAME WII FIT!!

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Hephaestos on 06 May 2008

Asterix's Friend Obelix is also unhappy with Wii Fit, it told him he was Obese when the correct wording is "just a bit wrapped" (in fat)
If you don't know asterix, don't worry about the joke :p

Though seeing my girlfriend as underweight, I have to say, this "healthy" kid must be pretty healthy for wii fit to call her overweight.
I'm bordering obese myself, but I have a strong buid, I doubt any 10 year old has a strong build....



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davidwes on 06 May 2008

does anyone think she just had the board on a non flat surface and it miscalculated her weight? They say she is 92 pounds, did the wii tell her the exact weight or did she use another scale in a different room.

For instance my own scale if put on a sloped floor will add 20 pounds to me. On a level floor i am 20 pounds lighter.



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